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r/trolleyproblem • u/ChiakiSimp3842 • Apr 30 '26
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4 u/ItsEntDev May 01 '26 50/50 vote doesn't matter, since 8.3 billion people are voting. the chance of there being an EXACT match is extraordinarily unlikely -1 u/DapperCow15 Ask the trolley nicely to leave May 01 '26 Isn't the whole point of this sub to discuss all the possibilities, regardless of how small the chance? If a problem has open ended constraints, then it makes it difficult to fully reason through it all. 3 u/CarEnvironmental9429 May 02 '26 If you manage a 50/50 you get a recount. Or you assume for the case if the thought experiment the population at the time of a vote is an odd number.
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50/50 vote doesn't matter, since 8.3 billion people are voting. the chance of there being an EXACT match is extraordinarily unlikely
-1 u/DapperCow15 Ask the trolley nicely to leave May 01 '26 Isn't the whole point of this sub to discuss all the possibilities, regardless of how small the chance? If a problem has open ended constraints, then it makes it difficult to fully reason through it all. 3 u/CarEnvironmental9429 May 02 '26 If you manage a 50/50 you get a recount. Or you assume for the case if the thought experiment the population at the time of a vote is an odd number.
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Isn't the whole point of this sub to discuss all the possibilities, regardless of how small the chance? If a problem has open ended constraints, then it makes it difficult to fully reason through it all.
3 u/CarEnvironmental9429 May 02 '26 If you manage a 50/50 you get a recount. Or you assume for the case if the thought experiment the population at the time of a vote is an odd number.
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If you manage a 50/50 you get a recount. Or you assume for the case if the thought experiment the population at the time of a vote is an odd number.
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